So, What Happens in 2017?

Tax breaks and deregulation may drive corporate profits. But continued job and wage growth will depend on the true amount of Trump-backed stimulus and overseas tax recovery.

In addition, should the Trump administration renegotiate trade deals and even slightly increase manufacturing jobs in the United States, psychologically and financially it will boost the nation’s spirits and growth potential.

As US interest rates rise and the dollar gets stronger, emerging-market currencies will weaken. That will dramatically increase their debt-repayment burden and increase financial market instability.

Today’s Rundown looks at Amazon’s earnings release yesterday and what the company could have planned for the months ahead. We also revisit GE’s downward spiral and check in on the markets this morning.

When you think you're trading the news you're usually just trading yesterday's news the market's already accounted for. But the mainstream financial media doesn't realize it. If you react to their "news" you're setting yourself up to fail.